Element Six’s First U.S. Synthetic Diamond Manufacturing Facility

Element Six officials announce the opening of its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Silicon Valley. The facility will house employees in the production, technical and customer service fields, and will serve to establish a direct connection to Element Six Technologies Division's customers and partners in the U.S. The company's continued expansion into the U.S. market is in direct response to the growing demand and interest in synthetic diamond for commercial use in advanced technology applications.

Technology developers using Element Six synthetic diamond benefit from the many unique extreme properties, including its unparalleled hardness, thermal conductivity, optical and electro-chemical properties. As a result, synthetic diamond is increasingly being recognized as the ultimate supermaterial.

The use of synthetic diamond is disruptive in a diverse range of sectors. For example, its thermal conductivity and electric insulator properties can result in step-change reductions in semiconductor device operating temperatures, creating significant competitive advantage. Other innovative applications of synthetic diamond's extreme properties include reducing operational costs of high-power CO(2) lasers, enabling environmentally friendly water treatment systems, quantum computing, magnetometry, and bio-medical sensors.

"As the pioneers of the commercial CVD diamond markets, we have the technical excellence, capabilities, and track record to develop entirely new applications for synthetic diamond," states Cyrus Jilla, CEO of Element Six. "With our new Santa Clara facility, we will build on our 25% year on year growth, and deliver innovative products which enhance productivity, reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs."

With more than 50 years of experience and a substantial on-going investment in R&D, Element Six is the world leader in the manufacturing of high-quality synthetic diamond for industrial applications. The company has decades of process and material development that give it a unique insight into the properties of synthetic diamond and its applications. The company has also recently announced the construction of the world's largest and most sophisticated synthetic diamond supermaterials research and development facility in Oxford in the UK.